Ancient Egypt arrives in Spain

Ancient Egypt arrives in Spain
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By m.p. - Dec 20, 2005 - 10:12 PM

The funeral mask of Psusenes I, one of the more than a hundred exhibits from Cairo Museum on show at the �Pharaoh� exhibition being held at the Isabel II Exhibition Centre in Madrid. Photo � EFE

The exhibition, 'Pharaoh,' with some exhibits more than 4,500 years old, runs in Madrid until May

The wonders of Ancient Egypt have arrived in Madrid, with an exhibition of more than 120 pieces from Cairo Museum on show at the Isabel II Exhibition Centre until 14th May.

All of the exhibits have incalculable archaeological value, and some of them have never been seen in Spain before. Many of the pieces are more than 4,500 years old.

The exhibition, called ‘Faraón’ or Pharaoh, is actually two exhibitions in one. The other part is a three dimensional journey, produced by the British Museum, through the inside of a mummy.

The documentary shows how the mummy of Nesperennub was put through a scanning machine in a London hospital, producing more than 1,500 transversal sections at one minute intervals. The projection is shown inside an specially-constructed 18 metre high pyramid.

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